Comment by mitthrowaway2
5 days ago
This doesn't make sense; these days it seems like the majority of products on Amazon can also be found on AliExpress for a third of the price, both of them sold by FWHZHW. From what you're saying, these things should disappear from Amazon's search listings, but in my experience they're the ones promoted straight to the top, and anything else gets buried under that mountain.
So consider the alternative (because this happened to us): 5-6 years back, one of our brand stores sold a thing (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DKG3NX7) that created an entire niche of products, and 6 months after our success, a buncha clones came out of the woodwork.
On Amazon, they created listings that imitated our copy and images. On AliExpress/Taobao/etc., they ripped off our images and pretended to be us. Deciding which product/listing is the original product is super nontrivial especially when there's international trademarking and IP law (or lack thereof) involved.
The amount of product images on Amazon these days with incorrect shadows or perspective lines... wow.
If Amazon detected and banned any seller whose product images were gen AI or which didn't match user photos, it'd go a long way towards regaining trust.
Getting 6 months, you were lucky! I've heard of kickstarters that were ripped off on AliExpress before they even finished their own product...
Doesn't that just mean that they brought little more to the table than an idea?
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Yep. That happens. But delisting some items that cost less but not others doesn’t fix your problem. So…?
Agreed. The only explanation is that people don't want to use aliexpress so it's not counted as a direct competitor. If you're prepared to wait even a week, you can get less than 1/3 the price and this has been true for over a decade!
This is just not true. Sure if you want trash you can get it on Aliexpress and Amazon, but lots of good quality stuff is not available on Aliexpress at all.
Even some Chinese manufacturers have a broader range on Amazon than Aliexpress.
> can also be found on AliExpress for a third of the price, both of them sold by FWHZHW
Am I a conspiracy theorist to believe that Amazon is behind Trump’s decision to end the de minimis?
Not just Amazon. Every retailer and seller wants to keep their 80% margins(manufacturing price wise).
That's been my theory since it was announced.
yeah, that seems like the easiest pitch of all times. Trump wanted to do tariffs, especially on China anyway, Amazon likely just nodded trying to hide their grin.
of course it's hard to know what went through the heads at Amazon, the initial tariff news were crazy and Amazon doesn't want a recession, as it's bad for business
AliExpress obviously isn't comparable and the price is irrelevant when it takes 2-3 weeks vs same-day/1day
Depends much on what you are buying. There are many cases of totally not urgent things that costs 75% less. So waiting makes totally sense.
How often do you actually need something the same day?
Almost always, considering the price is only $5 more